Aggregates promote efficient charge transfer doping of Poly(3- hexylthiophene)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2953-2957

  Gao, Jian ^a   Niles, Edwards T ^a   Grey, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; doping; P3HT

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER DOPING; DOPING EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); P3HT; PARAMAGNETIC SPECIES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; STRONG INTERACTION; TETRACYANOQUINODIMETHANE;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84883814361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401555x     Document Type: Article

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